Nov. 30: Results of Doctor Survey Indicate Fatigue Is a Safety Issue

According to a Canadian Association of Internes and Residents survey, 76.2% of resident physicians said they’d made errors at work due to the consecutive number of hours they’re required to work. And when asked if they’d ever felt that work-related fatigue was a factor in an incident, falling asleep while driving accounted for 34% of responses, with 24.9% saying they narrowly avoided a motor vehicle collision while 3.9% were actually in a collision. (Here’s information on implementing a fatigue risk management system as well as a Model Fatigue Management Policy.)